I'm leaving in less than 48 hours!

My goodness, time has flown! I left from Mountain valley ranch a week ago this past Sunday. It was a strange goodbye. I usually stay a few extra days and have lots of time to say farewell to everyone, but this time I was quite rushed. I ran around madly trying to gather all of my belongings, making sure I didn't leave anything important, since I knew it would be a real pain to retrieve lost items before leaving for Africa. I haven't really had time to miss camp yet. Life has been a bit of a whirlwind, but I've managed to spend some real quality time with special peple in my life.
My family (minus Mike) went camping for a few days at Kimbal lake. It was quite cool, so we only swam once (we were chilled for a few hours after that). We enjoyed taking some walks and picking wild blueberries, playing some games, and visiting around the campfire. Breanna and I had fun teaching our parents some silly songs from camp one evening. We made them get up and do actions to our crazy, ridiculous songs! Our parents are good sports.
I went to my cousin Dustins wedding on the long weekend. It was nice. It was great to be able to see so many people all at once right before my departure! I am often reminded of how much God has blessed me in my family and friends. Sometimes I feel like I am going to burst because I'm so full and satisfied in my friendships. I couldn't ask for closer or more supportive friends. God is SO good!
These last few days in Edmonton have been full of running errands, tying up loose ends, packing, shopping, and visiting friends. The next two days will still be pretty full of things to do, but I feel like I am 95% ready to board the plane now.
I guess I'd better get some sleep, since I leave Thursday evening and don't arrive in Liberia until Saturday afternoon. It's going to be a LONG flight. I'm going from Edmonton to London to Kenya to Liberia. If you look at a map of Africa, you'll see that Kenya is quite out of the way, but hopefully I'll get a good look at the continent of Africa as I fly over it for many, many hours!